I understand the Taoiseach had a very difficult decision to make this week with the Cabinet but I cannot understand why he did not set out as parameters for NPHET that it had to be based on EU law and could not be discriminatory. Two months ago, Deputy O'Dea asked the Tánaiste that we would not engage in apartheid with regard to a vaccine pass. On 22 February, the Taoiseach said we will always bring people with us. This is a move away from that. What the Taoiseach is doing is discriminating, particularly against 200,000 people under the age of 35 who work in the hospitality industry. We cannot have a situation where the vaccinated will enjoy their summer because the unvaccinated will serve them. It is preposterous. It is morally totally wrong.

The Taoiseach rightly often asks the Opposition what it would do differently. I will say it straight: we have Janssen and AstraZeneca vaccines that can be pushed out quickly for 18 to 29-year-olds. Pharmacies can do the Janssen vaccines. Will the Taoiseach consider that?

Can we at long last start using antigen tests as part of the solution to ensure we do not have discrimination against young people? It is time to use antigen testing. Everywhere else in Europe uses it. I cannot understand why we are not.

The Deputy said at the outset we should set parameters for NPHET. NPHET is independent of the Government.

It is the Government.

We might not like its advice from time to time and we may not always go with it-----

Surely it has to adhere to European law. Advocating for travel------

There is no need to be shouting.

To say that people should not travel but legally they can travel is ridiculous

The Deputy said something that breaches anything he has said since the outset of the pandemic on setting parameters and interference.

It does not. Non-discriminatory and European law is not new.

It is up to the Government to decide, having received advice. My view is we could not proceed on 5 July, based on the model. I hope the Deputy accepts that. We cannot proceed on that basis on 5 July.

Yes. Unlike others, I will answer.

Thank you. I appreciate that. Now we have to work with the industry on how best to proceed, including testing and other aspects which the Government might have to look at. We want to engage with the industry on that.

On vaccine roll-out, "Yes" in terms of Janssen. The HSE is working on that. We will operationalise the advice. AstraZeneca, AZ, supplies are not available immediately because we have to deal with the 60 to 69-year-old group and get them done by 19 July.

Administer the Janssen one-shot vaccine in pharmacies. Line up the 18 to 29-year-olds.

We are doing that. We are looking at all that.